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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Army of One on March 17, 2008, 06:05:58 PM
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Oh Brother ::)
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Germany's first case of doping in billiards was announced Monday after national champion Axel Buescher tested positive for an EPO masking agent.
Buescher's positive test came at November's German championships, where he captured the carom billiards title, the German Billiard Union said.
Buescher said the masking agent was in prescription medicine he failed to have approved.
The Union suspended Buescher for one year and stripped him of his title after he passed on his right to have the "B" sample tested.
EPO is a blood booster most closely associated with endurance sports, such as cycling, where it has played a central role in several Tour de France scandals.
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7923510/German-billiards-champ-tests-positive-for-EPO-agent
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Please tell me how any drug could possibly improve your performance in billiards, and who seriously thought "drug testing" was necessary in this "sport"? What's next, drug testing professional poker players? ::)
I understand it in athletic-type sports where a substance can give an advantage, but this "drug testing" crap has gotten way, way out of hand. >:(
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NOt sure how EPO would help, but I have hear that race car drivers, billiard players, and golfers take things like muscle relaxants and other things to calm their nerves.
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I am surprised to hear about a pro billards/pool player from Germany test postive for drugs.
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When i played Snooker for money games id get the shakes,Tremors so i went to my doctor and he prescribed me Beta Blockers they got rid of the shakes and tremors and i won quite a bit of money.Also heard some Golfers used Beta Blockers as well.
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Oh Brother ::)
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Germany's first case of doping in billiards was announced Monday after national champion Axel Buescher tested positive for an EPO masking agent.
Buescher's positive test came at November's German championships, where he captured the carom billiards title, the German Billiard Union said.
Buescher said the masking agent was in prescription medicine he failed to have approved.
The Union suspended Buescher for one year and stripped him of his title after he passed on his right to have the "B" sample tested.
EPO is a blood booster most closely associated with endurance sports, such as cycling, where it has played a central role in several Tour de France scandals.
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7923510/German-billiards-champ-tests-positive-for-EPO-agent
LOL...ok, now that's funny!